Shantungosaurus

Shantungosaurus
	Graphic representation of Shantungosaurus
Temporal occurrence
	Upper Cretaceous ( Maastrichtian )
	72 to 66 million years
Locations
	People's Republic of China , Shandong Province ;
Systematics
	Pelvic dinosaur (Ornithischia)
	Ornithopoda
	Iguanodontia
	Hadrosaurs (Hadrosauridae)
	Shantungosaurus
Scientific name
	Shantungosaurus
	Hu , 1973

Shantungosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurs (Hadrosauridae) from the late Upper Cretaceous ( Maastrichtian ). The first fossil remains of the genus, including tibia bones, were found in 1964. Excavations were later carried out in 1965, 1966 and 1968. The fossils were recovered from a gray-green sandstone conglomerate.

Skeleton reconstruction in the Beijing Natural History Museum

All fossils were excavated in a single quarry but are not preserved in anatomical context. In total, the fossil remains of at least five specimens were found, including partially preserved skulls and parts of the remaining skeleton. 1993 Shantungosaurus of Hu Chengzhi described . The only species described is Shantungosaurus giganteus .

In the paleontological hall of the Natural History Museum in Beijing , a skeleton was set up that was 14.7 meters long. Shantungosaurus was next to the North American Edmontosaurus , to which it is very similar, and Lambeosaurus the largest hadrosaur and also the largest ornithopod .

The total skull is 1.63 meters long and low, but the muzzle region is high and the posterior (posterior) skull region is wide.

literature

John R. Horner , David B. Weishampel, Catherine A. Forster: Hadrosauridae. In: David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson , Halszka Osmólska (eds.): The Dinosauria . 2nd edition. University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 2004, ISBN 0-520-24209-2 , pp. 438-463, here pp. 494-513.
Hu Chengzhi, Cheng Zhengwu, Pang Qiping, Fang Xiaosi: 巨型山东龙. = Shantungosaurus giganteus. Di zhi chu ban she, Beijing 2001, ISBN 7-116-03472-2 , pp. 123-135 (In Chinese language and writing), English abstract .

Web links

Commons : Shantungosaurus - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Dougal Dixon : The World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures. Lorenz, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7548-1730-7 , p. 353.
^ Gregory S. Paul : The Princeton Field Guide To Dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ et al. 2010, p. 297, ISBN 978-0-691-13720-9 , online .

[dixon_08-1] Dougal Dixon : The World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures. Lorenz, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7548-1730-7 , p. 353.

[paul_10-2] Gregory S. Paul : The Princeton Field Guide To Dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ et al. 2010, p. 297, ISBN 978-0-691-13720-9 , online .